Quote Originally Posted by Immortal View Post
Opinion...
Opinion based on reality and attentive observation. It's as I said. While the launch of FFXIV ARR probably didn't help matters at the time, FFXI's future was already decided long before that. the flop that was FFXIV 1.0 should have been a boon to XI but it wasn't.

The evidence is quite clear that FFXI didn't need FFXIV's help to get to where it is now.